Terry Crews and his wife Rebecca King-Crews attended the GQ Men of the Year party last Thursday. They both looked amazing, especially Terry who wore this divine petal pink tuxedo jacket. Terry has just sued his abuser, agent Adam Venit, and the agency that employs him, William Morris Endeavor, for sexual harassment. Many people asked Terry about his lawsuit while walking the red carpet for the GQ party. To put his responses in context, Terry is still receiving these kinds of ridiculous comments on Twitter:

When you actually think that Terry Crews suing the man who sexually assaulted him is just a bit excessive… pic.twitter.com/ihXJpYt6RM

— hellresidentNY (@hellresidentNY) December 5, 2017

At the GQ function, Terry told reporters he is not pursing this lawsuit for revenge, he wants justice. He emphasized that if Venit or WME had done the right thing to begin with, he wouldn’t be suing them now. We all know Terry doesn’t need the money or fame, but he believes he needs to do this for those who don’t have the money to get justice for themselves.

Crews and his wife, Rebecca King-Crews, attended the GQ Men of the Year party on Thursday evening in Los Angeles and talked about the lawsuit in an exclusive interview with E! News.

“This is not about revenge, this is not about get back, but it’s just the fact that…I’m sorry and an apology is when you step on somebody’s toe by mistake,” Crews said. “But when you stab them, when you intentionally hurt them, when you run them over, apologies just don’t do. ‘I’m sorry, my bad’ does not work…people need to be held accountable.”

He continued, “And what’s happened is is people tend to hide behind the gigantic structures and powers that be and principalities and you’re standing behind their leg and hoping they protect you from your evil deeds.”

Crews went on to say that his lawsuit is really about saying “hey you cannot treat people like this.”

[From E! News]

Terry told the LA Times that he told Ari Emmanuel that he was coming for WME if they didn’t do something commensurate with the crime. Terry told E! he was moved to action when he realized, “these guys don’t get it, they just don’t get it.” One interviewer wondered if some companies took action solely so they did not look bad and not because it was the right thing to do. Not only is this a valid observation, it supports Terry’s point that Venit’s month’s suspension was a token punishment to make WME seem like it was acting on the matter. But they haven’t been and if Terry Crews had not gone public, nothing would have happened at all. And it’s not just WME that needs to be sent a message, many agencies have been protecting their abusive agents for years.

Among the many great quotes Terry gave on the red-carpet, perhaps my favorite was, “I’m at the party because I know I didn’t do anything wrong.” I’m pretty sure I don’t need to say this but:

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— janey 🥃🍟🥡🍕 (@fvckybarnes) December 6, 2017

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